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LA Q, Vol 8, p 735
2 Nov 1778 - MARINE PROTEST BY CAPTAIN FORTIER AGAINST SEIZURE
OF BOAT AND CARGO BY ENGLISH AUTHORITIES AT BATON ROUGE
Before Garic and witnesses appeared Miguel Fortier, Captain
of Artillery of the Militia, who declared that he had been notified
that Mr Lajonori, called Perthuis, ordered a boat sent from the
Post of Arkansas for Captain of Infantry Balthazar[crossed out letterX] de Villiers,
Commander of the Post and consigned to Fortier. According to
the notices he has received, the boat was loaded with 28 scraped
stag pelts, 30 the same with hair (unscraped), 120 pounds of
deer skins and 30 barrels of apples. This said boat was un the [under?]
the Command of Joseph Diberville, called Joson. Its non-arrival at
the Capital has caused surprise, notices having been received
that it was stopped and detained at his British Majesty;s Post of
Natchez. He wrote to Mr. Blommart, Justice of the Peace of that
Post, who answered that it was true that the boat had been stopped
and detained at Natchex and afterwards ordered to Pensacola.
Fortier further declares that the boat detained belong to Mr.
Datchurut and that two negroes, Antonio, aged [crossed out word XXXXX] 37,
native of Illinois, and a mulatto named "La Piedr[crossed out letterX] (The Stone) [re-written word on crossed out XXXX]
aged 24, were also detained as payment on certain sums of money
that had been owned by Mr Langlois for a long time, this debt
proceeding from the sale of the said negroes. He goes on to
stat that the boat commanded by Mr Diberville, called Joson,
was sent from the Post of Arkansas with the passport and flag
of Our King and all of its cargo was inteneded for our Country.
Taking into consideration that Their Majestivies of Spain and
Britain are at peace, he can not think it just that the boat
should be detained. He prays the Governor General to give his
attention to this present declaration which he had made in
conformity to law. /S/ MICHEL FORTIER, Son, before Jaun B.
Garic, Notary
[Handwritten notes follow :]
LA FAM Vol I p 215 9 Dec 1721 List of Co. workers actually in La
MINER Pierre Porthuys passable
p 221 15 Jan 1723 Ibid workers hired to saw lumber because work of trade
no longer required Pierre Portius

LA Q, Vol 8, p 735
2 Nov 1778 - MARINE PROTEST BY CAPTAIN FORTIER AGAINST SEIZURE
OF BOAT AND CARGO BY ENGLISH AUTHORITIES AT BATON ROUGE
Before Garic and witnesses appeared Miguel Fortier, Captain
of Artillery of the Militia, who declared that he had been notified
that Mr Lajonori, called Perthuis, ordered a boat sent from the
Post of Arkansas for Captain of Infantry Balthazar[crossed out letterX] de Villiers,
Commander of the Post and consigned to Fortier. According to
the notices he has received, the boat was loaded with 28 scraped
stag pelts, 30 the same with hair (unscraped), 120 pounds of
deer skins and 30 barrels of apples. This said boat was un the [under?]
the Command of Joseph Diberville, called Joson. Its non-arrival at
the Capital has caused surprise, notices having been received
that it was stopped and detained at his British Majesty;s Post of
Natchez. He wrote to Mr. Blommart, Justice of the Peace of that
Post, who answered that it was true that the boat had been stopped
and detained at Natchex and afterwards ordered to Pensacola.
Fortier further declares that the boat detained belong to Mr.
Datchurut and that two negroes, Antonio, aged [crossed out word XXXXX] 37,
native of Illinois, and a mulatto named "La Piedr[crossed out letterX] (The Stone) [re-written word on crossed out XXXX]
aged 24, were also detained as payment on certain sums of money
that had been owned by Mr Langlois for a long time, this debt
proceeding from the sale of the said negroes. He goes on to
stat that the boat commanded by Mr Diberville, called Joson,
was sent from the Post of Arkansas with the passport and flag
of Our King and all of its cargo was inteneded for our Country.
Taking into consideration that Their Majestivies of Spain and
Britain are at peace, he can not think it just that the boat
should be detained. He prays the Governor General to give his
attention to this present declaration which he had made in
conformity to law. /S/ MICHEL FORTIER, Son, before Jaun B.
Garic, Notary
[Handwritten notes follow :]
LA FAM Vol I p 215 9 Dec 1721 List of Co. workers actually in La
MINER Pierre Porthuys passable
p 221 15 Jan 1723 Ibid workers hired to saw lumber because work of trade
no longer required Pierre Portius